A little bit about me
Pictured below is Webmaster David Beet but he is not as scary as he looks.
Hello, my name is David Beet.
I have been experimenting with web-based applications since the web first became available to all - 1995'ish. I have recently updated my knowledge by completing some distance learning courses that resulted in a BSc (Hons) (Open) with 
The Open University covering the subjects of computing, web technologies and mathematics - That's nice for me, but how does that help you?
I started justfigures.co.uk to provide an omnipresent platform to summarize, organize and catalogue the knowledge base required to build efficient and usable websites - Basically a place you can go to and look stuff up. There are many great websites that do a similar job, I link to the ones that I know about from this site, but you might find this site has a more structured approach to the subject. You may not agree of course. This website welcomes feedback from you the user, please contribute if you wish.
I hope you find the style of presentation of the tutorials and code concise and fast-moving but still clear and comprehensive. The core aim of this website is to describe the underlying logic behind the code used in website construction and hope that you will find that examination of the 'rocks' that lie beneath the surface interface and functionality of a website will be well worth the effort. Please either follow along with the tutorials as they progress or jump ahead to the section that you are interested in.
“Thank you for your visit.” David.
David Beet the alternative version:
David Beet version 1 was a complicated package, which never did work properly. Although the user interface was fresh and young, none of the buttons did what you expected them to do, and the whole system was prone to crashing, usually in some pub late at night.
David 2 was a tweaked version of 1, which made it slightly more stable. Unfortunately the underlying programming was still flawed, although it had the advantage of being cheap.
The whole package was extensively reworked in the late 80's after being twinned with a more stable bug free slim line program. This spawned smaller, offshoot packages that soon began to attract their own followers. The user interface of the original was completely revamped although was still only capable of carrying out the same basic tasks that fresher more innovative packages were beginning to do more efficiently.
In 1999 came a completely new and trendy online version; Dave 4.0, quickly followed by Dave 4.1 and 4.2. Capable of far more varied tasks, all the buttons do exactly what you expect them to do and it doesn't take up too much space on your hard drive.
Version 5.0 is due in 2009.
David Beet the alternative version was based on R. Ainsley et al. (2001) 'The Bluffer's Guide to Computers' p 64, Oval Books.
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